I like it better than Earthbound. I prefer the writing and setting here. I just wish the game itself was better.

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Anonymous Sun Nov 26 20:21:34 2023 No.10451313 [Reply] [Original]

I like it better than Earthbound. I prefer the writing and setting here. I just wish the game itself was better.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 26 20:55:46 2023 No.10451387 >>10451313 It's the most interesting game in the series, even if the design around the open-ended world isn't so refined. The places feel imaginative and lived in.

Anonymous Sun Nov 26 21:03:13 2023 No.10451418

>>10451387
>The places feel imaginative and lived in.
I feel the opposite way, most towns feel desolate and lifeless and like tiny pockets of civilization in an endless expanse of flat grass. Having grown up in various <800 population towns in midwestern Ohio, the game feels very nostalgic to me.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 26 21:06:20 2023 No.10451427 >>10451418 It works, considering the setting is rural America. The aliens feel like far more of a threat in M1 than M2.

>>	Anonymous Mon Nov 27 02:07:09 2023 No.10452426 >>10451313 I enjoy it's more early-mid 20th cent pulpy aesthetic more than earthbound funky-groovy one. Both are good, but Mother 1 just has a certain je ne sais quoi, this game + Steven King books + early pulpy comics

>>	Anonymous Mon Nov 27 02:14:10 2023 No.10452454 File: 610 KB, 1563x1148, mother_enemies_trans.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Mother 1 = Peanuts Mother 2 = 90s Nickelodeon Mother 3 = Ghibli I love all 3

Anonymous Mon Nov 27 07:00:53 2023 No.10453134

>>10451313
I agree, I prefer the interface, world design and little things like how the teleport ability worked without any kind of loading or transition screen.

The combat is objectively poorly balanced in many places, especially Mt. Itoi, but I didn't mind having to work for it.

I still enjoy Earthbound though.

>>	Anonymous Mon Nov 27 08:36:16 2023 No.10453259 Gameplay is better in 1 too though

>>	Anonymous Mon Nov 27 10:21:36 2023 No.10453386 >>10453259 lol

>>	Anonymous Mon Nov 27 11:58:53 2023 No.10453548 Is this the new contrarian take? Pretending like Mother wasn't just a dry run for Daddy Earthbound?

Anonymous Mon Nov 27 12:17:46 2023 No.10453582

>>10451313
This is such a popular take that I'd say it's not even contrarian anymore. I think this way too, I've just played M1 so much that I'm willing to appreciate EB more now, after having M3 and various "kiddy" RPGs try but never live up to it.
>>10453548
see above. Mother 1 has the best gameplay and is actually one of the better NES RPGs, only behind the absolute classics like DQ. EB has the weakest combat in the series, even behind M3 which diluted the fights with rhythm, but at least made the fights interesting. sadly, M3 shat the bed by killing all exploration and trying to mix FF7 and antiutopia with babby's first RPG with a Peanuts strip plot from a Japanese Seinfeld who wasn't that good at making RPGs.

>>	Anonymous Mon Nov 27 12:32:09 2023 No.10453606 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LECyz7qtsaI

>>	Anonymous Mon Nov 27 12:32:16 2023 No.10453607 >>10453548 Mother 1 is plenty popular in Japan and considered by many to be the best. Are they also wrong?

>>	Anonymous Mon Nov 27 17:38:17 2023 No.10454441 >>10453259 Eh, not really. It's about the same difficulty as EB, but M1 feels more tedious because unlike EB, it doesn't let you avoid encounters that you were going to one-shot anyway.

>>	Anonymous Mon Nov 27 17:45:14 2023 No.10454472 >>10454441 tell me, which "QOL" romhack did you play?

>>	Anonymous Mon Nov 27 22:22:10 2023 No.10455180 File: 4 KB, 236x213, 1701123687739.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I think it's weird that 1 and 2 leave hanging plot threads around.

Anonymous Tue Nov 28 00:02:50 2023 No.10455464

Some friends recommended that I play Earthbound... I was kind of curious about it, but the more I looked into the series it seemed like I should start with the first one. I absolutely did not regret it.
From a conventional perspective it is extremely difficult and you have to do a ton of grinding to get going, but I found it to be such an enthralling, funny, and emotionally affecting game that instead of playing Earthbound I just played all the way through Mother again. It devastated me both times and honestly I might even play it through again before attempting Earthbound. Amazing game.

Anonymous Tue Nov 28 00:04:17 2023 No.10455468

>>10455180
Yeah that's part of why I don't really care about playing the other two, they aren't supposed to be the same characters so it's not really appealing to me. Plus I love the 8 bit graphics of Mother, the 16 bit graphics are a little too cutesy for me.

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 28 00:08:42 2023 No.10455475 File: 1 KB, 256x240, EarthBound Beginnings (USA, Europe) (Virtual Console) (patched)_002.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10454472 The fan translation

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 28 00:17:13 2023 No.10455487 >>10455475 The only good hack

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 28 00:18:11 2023 No.10455493 >>10453548 I prefer playing a Dragon Quest game but in America, thanks.

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 28 01:01:42 2023 No.10455580 >>10453548 Mother is the daddy Earthbound the jr Mother 3 the grandchild

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 28 01:17:01 2023 No.10455629 >>10455580 >Mother is the daddy >>>/lgbt/

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 28 01:45:20 2023 No.10455693 >>10455464 at least being weak makes sense narratively considering your party is mostly 8 years old

Anonymous Tue Nov 28 02:01:33 2023 No.10455735

>>10455693
Right... once I learned that you are pretty much supposed to run a away from certain enemies, I really started to understand the game. The whole POINT of it, by the end, is that it is not by fighting/violence that you win, but by passion and love. The whole game is filled with weird little confused suffering people, and you are trying to drive away this massive evil that is just magnifying that, turning people into zombies. The story is amazingly complex.

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 28 03:36:57 2023 No.10455978 >>10453606 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VYlaZR8MFg the 8-bit version makes me tear up

Anonymous Tue Nov 28 03:41:34 2023 No.10455985

This is the game that got me into 8 bit RPGs like fantasy star and dragon warrior. I'm not a boomer yet so I don't have unlimited time to play all the obscure ones, but I love to play one or two of these per year, and I'll get around it eventually. Love me some video games and this one is special for me

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 28 03:48:59 2023 No.10455993 >>10455978 https://youtube.com/watch?v=RjznRGGrVYI Disappointed this one didn't get any love in the arrange album.

Anonymous Tue Nov 28 06:09:19 2023 No.10456369

>>10451313
Earthbound is pretty much a remake of this game with some story beats changed around, to the point that I was shocked how similar they were when I played it the first time. I don't prefer this game, I tend to find the gameplay way too tedious, but aesthetically I find it really nice even though it does feel really empty at points.
At the end of the day, all 3 Mother games are great, and I really don't feel like arguing which is the best.

Anonymous Tue Nov 28 09:28:59 2023 No.10456685
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I beat it with the easy ring first time then beat it again without it. Fun JRPG with a great atmosphere and music.
Though yeah, Mt. Holy Loly is so stupidly unbalanced that it's like getting to that healing cabin near the mid/end is like entering Heaven's gates.

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 28 09:33:03 2023 No.10456689 That huge maze factory and the mountain caves leading to Giygas can suck a dick

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 28 10:15:01 2023 No.10456719 >>10453607 You're asking if the people who gave us Doki Doki Panic instead of the real SMB2 are wrong?

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 28 13:00:35 2023 No.10456915 I have never before played a game that so precariously balanced a desire to learn with a fear of death.

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 28 13:14:26 2023 No.10456948 >>10456915 Have you never played a single dungeon crawler or 80's RPG before? What a strange comment.

Anonymous Tue Nov 28 13:26:42 2023 No.10456963

>>10456689
>the mountain caves leading to Giygas
It gave me a hard time the first time I played the game, but then I figured out these Brain enemies can be completely obilerated by Anna's PSI Block + PSI Magnet. They are useless without being able to use PSI attacks.

Anonymous Tue Nov 28 13:37:56 2023 No.10456981

>>10456948
Those aren't filled with interesting people and things the way that Mother is though... like there are so many weird things in the desert, but also stuff that will just instakill you. I always hated RPGs as a kind, but Mother is genuinely like playing a novel.

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 28 13:42:43 2023 No.10456993 File: 1.32 MB, 1683x1036, E44sN6lWQAER_C5.jpg_large.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10456719 >real SMB2 it always was, unlike your gay level pack romhack

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 28 13:43:48 2023 No.10456998 >>10456689 >not using bread crumbs after completing the factory Skill issue

Anonymous Tue Nov 28 13:51:15 2023 No.10457019
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>>10456963
Yeah once you learn how you can use certain techniques it really changes the game. The psychic abilities that Anna uses are truly awesome, and its funny how Lloyd burns through his weapons.

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 28 13:53:40 2023 No.10457025 I just wish that Pollyanna wasn't replaced by Bein' Friends after Lloyd joins you, but the song that plays in his school is a bop.

Anonymous Tue Nov 28 13:55:53 2023 No.10457031

>>10457019
Using 4th-D Slip to escape tough battles in Mt. Itoi is also a must.
In the GBA version from Mother 1+2, they included the item EVE's chip, which lets you teleport back to where EVE's remains are. So you can use the Onyx Hook to go back to Magicant and heal for free, then use EVE's chip to go back to Mt. Itoi instantly.

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 28 14:20:11 2023 No.10457076 the actual real final boss is mt itoi. giygas is just a cool interactive cutscene.

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 28 14:39:15 2023 No.10457123 >>10457076 "No crying until the end" is actually a reference to the tears of joy shed by everyone who makes it out of Mt. Itoi

Anonymous Tue Nov 28 15:28:39 2023 No.10457212

>>10455993
Atleast the ones they did are great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jT50gxC-dU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkI26OHT6XI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16npWeuPVCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSshQu9rQLc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga_RF_mRZKw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-mj20Xmf4w

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 28 21:14:38 2023 No.10458216 >>10457025 I wish Pollyanna stuck around as the Onett theme in EarthBound, but that slowed version in Ness' home is so good I almost don't mind it

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 29 01:26:24 2023 No.10458840 >>10457212 Still crazy that Catherine Warwick had that voice at 14-15.

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>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 29 01:39:51 2023 No.10458890 >>10457212 >>10458850 They did another arranged album. This time a bit more experimental, but not too much, it's a pretty nice new take. Also check out what Keiichi is up to these days https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SyUTFI2wCXA

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 29 02:33:15 2023 No.10459046 File: 3.95 MB, 254x372, 1548683527531.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10458890 I live for weird shit like this, thanks for sharing anon. Looks like Louis Philippe's still going strong too. https://youtube.com/watch?v=FoAS3zOebcA

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 29 02:38:50 2023 No.10459060 >>10457123 I thought it was the tears of disappointment from realizing that the game literally had no ending, to the point where the localization had to make one up. I feel the no-ending version fits the game better, given how Mother 2 goes.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 29 02:42:47 2023 No.10459067 >>10459060 i bet it was always supposed to be in. mother 1 was infamously rushed. besides you don't get the extremely kino ending where ninten falls asleep and dreams of everyone he met on his journey. my eyes well up every time.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 29 02:48:16 2023 No.10459084 >>10459067 Maybe, but it feels more memorable without. No fanfare, no congratulations, just silence.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 29 04:17:18 2023 No.10459307 >>10459084 It's still very melancholy, even with the localized ending... you don't even necessarily know if Ninten and Anna ever see each other again. It's nice to know that the gang leader guy didnt just die after the robot battle though.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 29 05:28:28 2023 No.10459461 Teddy best character of all games.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 29 05:36:00 2023 No.10459474 >>10451313 Honestly, agree. The story def hits better, the ending is honestly pretty sad in a way. Both are great though, and the gameplay design was mastered in Earthbound.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 29 05:38:02 2023 No.10459481 >>10455468 They are def worth playing, and that's an odd complaint considering Mother's graphics are also cutesy. Itoi was always going for that, he made these games for his daughter.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 29 17:05:15 2023 No.10460617 >>10459060 >I feel the no-ending version fits the game better I kind of agree with you, but only because of that weird cliffhanger that just went nowhere. 3 being the only one with an entirely conclusive ending is bizarre.

Anonymous Wed Nov 29 19:38:53 2023 No.10460921

>>10459461
One thing I like about M1 is that I feel like every party member has a stake in the plot.
>Ninten is directly related to the entire cause of the plot
>Ana's mom was abducted
>Lloyd isn't as connected but I guess he'll take any excuse to get away from bullies
>Teddy's parents were killed on Mt Itoi, aliens probably did it

Anonymous Wed Nov 29 20:04:52 2023 No.10460985

>>10460921
>One thing I like about M1 is that I feel like every party member has a stake in the plot.

That's because in many many ways, Mother is a clone of Dragon Quest 2. They got that from DQ2, and it's one thing I love about it (and mother), they introduced the party system to the series (and to many players) so they went out of their way to make sure each character is as relevant as the first protagonist.
The Prince of Cannock was already questing on his own before becoming an ally so it feels like he has as much reason to fight than the main hero, and the Princess of Moonbroke had her home burnt down, her parents and everyone she knows killed, and got turned into a dog. Damn.

This is actually something very few jRPGs do, usually focusing on 1-2 protagonist instead. Even FF6 which tries not to do that has a lot of lesser characters with questionnable or absent motives. I believe this is all goes back to DQ3 and 4 being an even bigger success than 2 so that became the standard. DQ4 tried to make most characters matter (but even then, a couple like Alena's crew don't have a main role, they're literally being back-up) and the Hero still takes all the spotlight. Few are the jRPGs I played which like DQ2 and Mother made sure each character is the party is equal in regards to the story.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 29 20:09:07 2023 No.10461001 >>10460921 It's certainly better than M2 where the cast is basically unrelated outside of "you're the chosen ones" bullshit. Good thing M3 mostly dropped that stuff.

Anonymous Wed Nov 29 22:25:13 2023 No.10461375

What's the best version of this game to emulate? I've been thinking about playing through the 25th Anniversary Edition hack (with the modified graphics patched out) because they apparently lowered the amount of encounters but I also noticed they changed around dialogue in it. Would it be more worth it to just play the original even with the shitty encounters or is the 25th not that bad?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 29 22:27:41 2023 No.10461381 Any thoughts on this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wyv1Htuf6s

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 29 22:32:41 2023 No.10461392 >>10461375 Play the original.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 29 22:36:55 2023 No.10461407 >>10461392 I can't read Japanese and I don't have a famicom

Anonymous Wed Nov 29 22:38:01 2023 No.10461408

>>10461381
I played the demo and I liked it. I'm not sure about the liberties they're taking. They teased the addition of Saturn Village but that doesn't really belong in Mother 1. I think there's a parallel project using the same assets and even code that's more faithful.

Music's pretty good. I liked the Starman fight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kMCGqUzrpY

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 29 22:41:58 2023 No.10461415 >>10461407 Play Earthbound Zero.

Anonymous Wed Nov 29 22:45:27 2023 No.10461424

>>10460921
I used to think M1 plot was basic, but I realized it was very fleshed out and to the point. Everything in it made sense and tied together in a nice way, resulting in a short but convincing story with a defined finale. I think it was written well enough to become a short book.
Earthbound isn't bad at all, but its story is all over the place, it's a complete mess that jumps the shark all the time. They just threw every meme idea and 80s reference they could come up with into 1 game.
and Mother 3 is somehow a serious dark plot in a world that feels like complete nonsensical mess of wild west commune, star wars capitalists, ghosts, maya temples, dragons and underwater trannies.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 29 23:59:16 2023 No.10461662 >>10461424 There was an actual novelization but I don't think anyone bothered to do a translation.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 30 00:18:57 2023 No.10461725 >>10461415 no switch or wii u

Anonymous Thu Nov 30 01:48:48 2023 No.10462067

>>10461662
I read it. It starts halfway through the game when Nintendo (called Ken in the novel) meets Ana in Snowman. Ana is the main character, more or less, and Ken is a very angry little asshole.

EarthBound's novel was weird too and ends with time being reset with Pokey being Ness' older brother.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 30 03:05:50 2023 No.10462254 >>10461662 There's also those two Pollyanna comics but idk if that was an actual adaptation of the games, the impression I get was that it was just a bunch of artist who made one-off tributes to them and it got compiled by Hobonichi

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 30 03:30:06 2023 No.10462321 >>10461725 Emulate that like we all do with that game and Mother 3.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 30 11:32:47 2023 No.10463127 File: 199 KB, 155x155, Mother Encore Ninten funny dance.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10461381 Hyped for this. Even if somehow it gets different from original, it looks that it will be fun.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 30 11:34:17 2023 No.10463128 >>10461725 3ds? A phone? Literally any machine from 1999 onwards?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 30 11:59:14 2023 No.10463157 >>10461381 I really like those animations for Ninten in battle. That's a pretty charming way to add some flavor to the combat.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 30 16:49:03 2023 No.10463774 >>10463157 It gives a lot of personality to the characters, I especially like Pippi's smug-ass grin she does before smacking somebody. I'd love to see what the rest of the gang looks like in motion.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 30 16:50:33 2023 No.10463780 >>10463128 its not out for those

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 30 17:15:43 2023 No.10463857 File: 2 KB, 210x195, 1466315242858.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10461381 Wow that Pollyanna cover at the end is ass

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>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 1 01:38:37 2023 No.10465531 File: 4 KB, 407x416, Ness Constanza Bat.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10464137 Nessposting

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>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 1 05:21:01 2023 No.10466021 >>10451313 >BUT IT HAS RANDOM ENCOUNTERS!!! ITS UNPLAYABLE SLOP!!!! NES SUX!!!

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 1 05:22:29 2023 No.10466023 >>10456719 Doki Doki Panic/ SMB2 USA is 10000000x the better game, in fact its the best Mario game, you should suicide because theres no room for low IQ faggots like you left in society

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 1 05:44:02 2023 No.10466070 >>10463780 So, is /vr/ full of 10 year olds? EMULATE you stupid nigger

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 1 05:45:02 2023 No.10466071 >>10463857 What is a Pollyanna cover?

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 1 06:27:35 2023 No.10466137 >>10466071 Timestamped https://youtu.be/1Wyv1Htuf6s?t=5740

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 1 16:25:01 2023 No.10467206 >>10466137 So, it's the song? Disgusting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D54F6vl4ys0

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 1 16:37:11 2023 No.10467245 >>10462067 You've read it in japanese? any way to read these online?

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 1 18:12:26 2023 No.10467490 >>10467245 It's on Mother4Ever, both in English.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 1 19:03:45 2023 No.10467606 File: 50 KB, 1027x1294, moonside.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >You will never die on Moonside Feels good man... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsRePOnduNA

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 1 19:14:43 2023 No.10467629 >>10467490 based, thank you!

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 1 21:14:05 2023 No.10467980 File: 741 KB, 1441x964, EarthBound USA.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Anyone seen this? If yes, how it was, good or was cringe? >>10463857 >>10467206 Why do you hate it? I found it amateur-ish, but good enough or at least not shit.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 1 21:55:20 2023 No.10468105 >>10451313 The dancing scene near the end was cute We don't feally get anything like this in the other 2 games

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 1 23:52:23 2023 No.10468449 >>10466021 The random encounters can be annoying sometimes, in fairness. EarthBound's best addition was that it at least let you see the enemies.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 1 23:53:57 2023 No.10468457 >>10467980 >fangamer I constantly forget that this site only exists because of EarthBound fans

Anonymous Fri Dec 1 23:54:37 2023 No.10468458

I like it's setting and tone better. to me the story feels like it's derived from actual small town american urban legends. the aliens, ghosts kidnappings, animals breaking out of their zoo exhibits, a lot of the enemies are just normal animals.
earthbound gets more grandiose and more exotic. mother 1 never loses the rural america feeling.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 2 04:00:14 2023 No.10469102 I'm considering making a romhack for Earthbound but I'd like to know what you'd all prefer >1/128 drops removed from random loot tables but are scattered as presents in the world or >1/128 drops are now the rewards for beating new original bosses

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 2 04:01:18 2023 No.10469105 >>10461375 yeah i double patched the same way and its fine, i prefer the original graphics but rebalanced

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 2 04:08:07 2023 No.10469121 >>10469102 how about just more 1/128 drops? SOK is cool to get but youre stuck in stonehenge base until you get it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 2 04:10:49 2023 No.10469130 >>10469102 Original bosses would be my preference if you're going to scrap the random drops.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 2 04:37:34 2023 No.10469169 >>10468105 I love that scene, it's really touching. It's a shame Phil Sandhop had to remove all subtlety from it when the translation is otherwise great.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 2 05:14:45 2023 No.10469250 >>10469102 removal of enemy moves that do nothing

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 2 18:40:50 2023 No.10470945 Broke: Mother 3 is anti-capitalist Bespoke: Mother 3 is anti-industrial society

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 3 02:38:57 2023 No.10472338 >>10470945 Mother 3 is a metaphor for Japanese history with a helping of environmentalist in there as well.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 3 04:45:41 2023 No.10472715 Mother 3 is anti totalitarism

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 3 05:16:53 2023 No.10472834 Woke: Mother 3 is commie fanfiction.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 3 05:18:40 2023 No.10472841 >>10472834 It's against totalitarism though

Anonymous Sun Dec 3 05:26:13 2023 No.10472861
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>>10467980
Only relevant thing about it is Itoi making the ultimate affirmation that Tomato's (original) Mother 3 translation is the definitive EOP experience for the game and that everyone should give up since Nintendo of AmeriKKKa isn't wasting a single penny on bringing it over, only for it to sell like a turd and create more online drama.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 3 05:26:46 2023 No.10472864 >>10472841 Everyone is

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 3 05:45:48 2023 No.10472916 >>10467980 i think it has a kino moment where keiichi suzuki listens to his eight melodies demo and it hits him really hard

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 3 18:35:16 2023 No.10474583 File: 3.12 MB, 4080x3072, IMG_20221209_091524159.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] For me it's Mother 1 on the go

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 3 19:02:54 2023 No.10474694 >>10474583 Isn't 1 + 2 exclusively in Japanese or did Mato translate that too

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 3 19:03:38 2023 No.10474697 >>10474694 1's fully translated. I think there was some work being done for 2 but I don't know why you'd ever play that version. It sucks.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 3 19:05:15 2023 No.10474707 File: 2.52 MB, 4080x3072, IMG_20221209_100209921.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10474694 Mato's translation for Mother 1 is exclusively the 1+2 version. I'm playing in Japanese though.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 3 19:07:10 2023 No.10474715 >>10474697 All I know about the GBA version of 2 is that apparently you could use some exploit to kill Giygas without praying and the game goes on pretty much normally

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 4 01:43:03 2023 No.10475963 Teddy needed a love interest imo

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 4 01:45:19 2023 No.10475973 >>10452454 Do you also love it's misogyny? I hate games that glorify violence against women.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 4 01:47:20 2023 No.10475986 >>10475973 >making shit up

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 4 10:45:00 2023 No.10477141 File: 1.15 MB, 1024x1024, prompt.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10475973 Miss Giney. Violence against tits is amazing! Imagine slapping a tits over and over again while her big injured boobs flop all of the place lol

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 4 14:24:31 2023 No.10477528 >>10477141 Based?

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 4 17:11:54 2023 No.10478030 >>10474715 Yeah, for some reason poison affects googee normally under all the special scripting for his last phase, killing him after a few turns. Think it's actually less turns than praying if you get it turn 1

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 5 01:51:07 2023 No.10479990 Take a melody

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 5 03:37:23 2023 No.10480279 >>10479990 No, you!

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 5 14:31:34 2023 No.10481254 >>10480279 luv me ninten luv me anna luv me lloyd ate aliens ate robots simple as can be

Anonymous Tue Dec 5 18:19:28 2023 No.10481825

>>10469121
>youre stuck in stonehenge base until you get it.
Spoken like a robot who always has a guide open when he plays a game (because he's terrified of having to figure things out himself) and who always grinds for the most overpowered equipment, no matter how tedious (because he's terrified of the game having any semblance of challenge).

Anonymous Wed Dec 6 03:44:44 2023 No.10483310
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Why did fans make so many "upgraded" graphics hacks? The look of the original is perfect. Actually one of the best looking 8bit RPGs (most other had a very square look, Mother's more organic tilesets on the overworld, giving it a pseudo 3D feel.
Hacks just look cluttered and messy, the original looks retro and classy.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 6 13:22:56 2023 No.10484104 >>10451313 Same, the only negative is the high encounter rate

Anonymous Wed Dec 6 16:38:26 2023 No.10484469

>>10484104
Not that much of a problem for 8-bit/16-bit RPGs imo, they're so quick that it almost feels like real-time (compared to later RPGs, especially during the CD era with loading times and looooong attack/summon unskippable animations).
I think this is what makes older RPGs a lot more bareable than later ones.
Of course, I prefer seeing the enemies on the map like on Mother 2 and 3, but as far as random encounters go, retro games did it right.

Anonymous Wed Dec 6 17:07:55 2023 No.10484570

>>10484469
>especially during the CD era with loading times and looooong attack/summon unskippable animations
Yeah, Mother 1 encounters are annoying but they're over quick so it's not as bad as it could be. Persona 2 might be the worst example of what you're talking about.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 6 21:16:46 2023 No.10485120 >>10484570 I just wish enemies faded in faster. The quadruple Mr. Bat encounters suck.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 7 09:24:56 2023 No.10486530 File: 187 KB, 600x606, captain feelcon.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10452454 >The Older Man is kind to kids. He's making a stern face, but he's actually kind. That's why having to fight the Older Man is awfully sad.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 7 11:14:47 2023 No.10486635 File: 1.76 MB, 2940x1756, Earthbound Beach art.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10451313

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 7 11:17:49 2023 No.10486638 >>10451313 I like it better too. It has a great melancholy atmosphere. I like how solitary you are for a long time. Makes you really appreciate getting a party member and bein' friends.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 7 18:53:07 2023 No.10487612 >>10451313 >I prefer having to walk 20 miles not knowing for sure if I'm even heading in the right direction and getting in a random encounter every 2 seconds. No. No you didn't. I doubt you actually even played the game.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 7 20:40:39 2023 No.10487889 >>10487612 leave OP alone man. you're so annoying

Anonymous Thu Dec 7 20:51:13 2023 No.10487906

>>10487612
>if I'm even heading in the right direction
The game has a map that marks all the towns and also marks other points such as random healer houses where you can save, etc.
Random enocunters on Mother 1, and other 8-bir RPGs, are fast as fuck. Be quick with the menu navigating and you can get battle done in seconds. Choose wisely what kind of attacks you inflict if it's more than 1 enemy so you can take them all in 1 or 2 turns, etc.

>>	Chud Anon Thu Dec 7 20:54:43 2023 No.10487913 >>10472864 Stab a communist and a seething janny bleeds

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 8 06:04:37 2023 No.10489305 >>10487612 I beat it. EarthBound IS the better game in terms of gameplay but the setting and writing is a downgrade.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 8 22:30:31 2023 No.10491154 theres no way to play this in english so i dont know what people are talking about

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 9 03:58:04 2023 No.10491909 >>10491154 It is on the Nintendo virtual console thing.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 9 04:27:40 2023 No.10491960 >>10491909 yeah because i can access that

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 9 10:35:25 2023 No.10492485 >>10491960 Try not being poor.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 9 10:36:44 2023 No.10492487 >>10475973 Nooo! Don't punch the heckin' titerinos!

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 9 17:16:41 2023 No.10493137 >>10491154 It was officially translated by Nintendo like 50 years ago anon

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 9 17:18:48 2023 No.10493145 >>10474707 Holy Mother of SOUL

Anonymous Sat Dec 9 17:27:42 2023 No.10493164
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>Only learns healing magic and support magic with a few offensive spells here and there
>Heavily armored relative to his party
>Melee heavy hitter with a focus on blunt weaponry

Ness is a cleric

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 9 18:13:41 2023 No.10493275 >>10493164 It is funny to imagine Paula trying to conjure up psychic power and Jeff loading up his newest gun that he designed as Ness just bludgeons the shit out of whatever's attacking them

Anonymous Sat Dec 9 18:19:17 2023 No.10493286

idk how anyone can prefer the first game to the second. the biggest reason being able to see/avoid the enemies on screen in earthbound. mother's encounter rate is obnoxious, especially considering how you get bombarded my multiple enemy fights where you have to sit there and wait for them all to spawn in individually. the game is just a huge time sink and unnecessary slog. i played through it once legit, and then the next time i played it i used the easy mode hack which doubles money/xp, but also used a code to disable random encounters entirely at my discretion. ive never cheated in earthbound at all because the game is actually playable.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 9 18:49:55 2023 No.10493338 >>10493275 Very believable I'd love to see a realistic depiction of this with a confident, large American boy smashing shit with his bat

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 9 20:02:48 2023 No.10493452 >>10493164 He's a paladin like Cecil.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 9 22:14:15 2023 No.10493832 >>10492485 >>10493137 ok but where can i play mother 1?

Anonymous Sat Dec 9 23:05:11 2023 No.10493998
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>>10493164
Besides clarifying Clerics can do offensive spells too...Ninten is more like a cleric, with no damaging PSI and being the only one with healing PSI and have many supportive PSI. Ness (and Lucas in Mother 3) is similar, but has one powerful PSI Attack. So more like a Paladin, like >>10493452 said.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 10 04:20:56 2023 No.10494793 I am confused too. How do I play the first game? I don't see a way to do that anywhere.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 10 16:31:50 2023 No.10496191 >>10494793 Just google it friend.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 10 20:25:44 2023 No.10496825 File: 76 KB, 513x445, mother1_peace.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] what did Itoi mean by this?

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